1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE Seat Belts Problems

PASSENGER SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *TR

Mileage: 116,993

I OWN A 1997 PARK AVE ULTRA WITH SEVERAL RECALL REPAIR ISSUES THE FOLLOWING WERE ADDRESSED BY GM BUT NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED: (FAULTY) ABS SYSTEM (WITH CAMPAIGN CODE STICKER) REPLACED ABS SYSTEM CUTS OUT RANDOMLY CAUSING CHANGES IN STOPPING DISTANCE (IN SEVERE BRAKING SITUATIONS THE ABS SYSTEM HAS CUT OUT ON ME GETTING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES JUST TO COME TO A NORMAL STOP) FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT REPLACEMENT(NO CAMPAIGN STICKER) MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT ANCHOR WAS NEVER FIXED OR TORQUED TO PROPER SPECIFIED STANDARDS WHILE IN FOR REPAIRS LET ALONE ADDRESSED AT ALL RACK AND PINION HAS MULTIPLE ISSUES SOME DUE TO AGE AND MILES BUT REGARDLESS THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE AND BEARINGS ARE SHOT THE FAULTY RECALL REPAIRS ON MY VEHICLE DON'T INSTILL TRUST IN GM'S ABILITY TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE A SECOND TIME. *TR

SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT CEASED WORKING ON MY 1997 BUICK PARK AVENUE. SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I PAID FOR A NEW SEATBELT ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION. THEN, ON AUGUST 6TH (TWO WEEKS AGO) 2007, THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT BECAME INOPERABLE(THE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT), THEREFORE MAKING IT USELESS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ANOTHER VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN GET THIS REPAIR DONE. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL 00V117000 CONCERNING THE SEAT BELTS. THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED BY THE DEALER IN 2002. BUT THE DEALER ONLY CORRECTED ONE OF THE FRONT SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER FAILED TO INFORM THE CONSUMER THAT ONLY ONE OF SEAT BELTS WAS REPAIRED. IN OCTOBER 2005 BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BEGAN TO RETRACT INTERMITTENTLY AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHO REFUSED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL. *JB UPDATED

Mileage: 44,000

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V117000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED A SHOULDER BELT RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN, BUT HAD PROBLEMS RETRACTING BACK TO NORMAL POSITION. *AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $545.00. *AK REFER TO RECALL#77955 *SC

Mileage: 156,000

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS FAILED. IT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT AND MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A SEAT BELT SHOULD FAIL. *JB

THE DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE BELT HAD ABOUT 18-18 INCHES OF SLACK AT ALL TIMES. *NLM *CB *NLM

Mileage: 70,000

THE VEHICLES' PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT FROM SHOULDER RETRACTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

Mileage: 97,000

LAP BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, BEING DIFFICLT TO BE RELEASED FROM BUCKLE ANCHOR.*AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. CONSUME RHAS DRIVEN THREE DAYS LAST WEEK WITHOUT SEAT BELTS PROTECTION BECAUSE RETRACTOR DID NOT WORK. DEALER HAS REPLACED THAT PART TWICE, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM.*AK *SLC

THE PART IN FRONT OF THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER STATES IT WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF THE MAIN ROLLER. *SLC

THE PART IN FRONT OF THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER STATES IT WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF THE MAIN ROLLER. *SLC

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A REPAIR TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS(00V-117). DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE, HOWEVER HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE CAN EXPECT REPAIRS. YD

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING A REPAIR TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS(00V-117). DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE, HOWEVER HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE CAN EXPECT REPAIRS. YD

AT 21,470 MILES, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN USED, AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT RETRACT FROM RETRACTOR. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK PASSENGERS RIGHT FRONT LAP BELT IS NOT STUCK AND WILL NOT RELEASE, DEALER STATED IN THE BEGINNING THAT HE WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER WHEN HE FOUND OUT THE COST, HE DECLINED HIS OFFER. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION #00039 FOR FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE REPAIR COMPLETED ONLY TO BE TOLD PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SECOND OCCASION PARTS WERE IN CONSUMER RETURNED VEHILCE AND WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT AFTER CHECKING TO SEE IF PROBLEM WAS FIXED CONSUMER REALIZED SEAT BELT WAS STILL EXHIBITING SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP A THIRD TIME AND WAS ADVISED THAT PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED, THE LAST TIME CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL FROM DEALERSHIP STATING THERE WERE NO PARTS AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT REQUIRE REPAIR OF THE DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS LATER ADVISED THAT MECHANIC STATED CONSUMER DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE RECALL AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP WAS FINISHED. *JB

OWNER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V-227, EXPERIENCED DEFECT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION, SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. *CJ

SEAT BELTS BECAME INOPERATIVE PRIOR TO RECALL 00V-117, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM MANUFACTURE FOR RECALL (00V-117). REPAIRS WERE MADE PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSE FOR CHARGES. *CJ

OWNER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM MANUFACTURE FOR RECALL (00V-117). REPAIRS WERE MADE PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSE FOR CHARGES. *CJ

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER REGARDING RECALL NO 00V117000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00039, DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM CONSUMER NOTICED SHOULDER BELT WAS LOCKING WHEN MAKING ANY SLIGHT MOVEMENT.*AK THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IS STILL DOES NOT RETRACT. *YH

00 117 000/GM SHOULDER BELTS: RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL NOTICE, INFORMING THAT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CONTACTED DEALER(WEST POINT BUICK, HOUSTON, TEXAS, PHONE # 281/493-2000 FOR A APPOIMENT, AND WAS INFORMED THAT PART WERE NOT AVAILABLE. APPOINTMENT WOULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL LATER. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

FORNT SEATBELTS TWISTED, ALLOWING WEBBING TO BE JAMMED INTO THE RETRACTOR. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY FOR A BIG PERSON, BUT WORKS FINE FOR A SMALLER PERSON. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SEAT BELTS WRINKLE AND JAM INTO RETRACTORS FROM ORDINARY MOVEMENT OF PASSENGER AND /OR DRIVER. THEY BECOME USELESS. CONVERSATIONS WITH DEALERS SERVICE MANAGER STATES THAT IS A "MANIFACTURERS DEFECT" AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. DISCUSSIONS WITH MANIFACTURER IS NO HELP. THEY REFER US BACK TO THE DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER TOLD OF MANUFACTURE SERVICE BULLETIN # 9908-50-013 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF FRONT SEAT BELTS, LOCAL DEALER REPLACED PASSENGER BELT BUT IS RELUCTANT TO REPLACED DRIVER SIDE BELT, THE DRIVER SIDE BELT IS FOLDING AND JAMMING. YH

SEAT BELTS BECOME TWISTED AND UNABLE TO USE DUE TO JAM OF THE RETRACTING MECHANISM. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETURN TO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM , CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT IS STICKING , WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION. DEALER HAS INSTALLED A REDESIGNED SEAT BELT IN NOV 1999, BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED. *AK

EA00002, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO TWIST, WHICH WONT PROPERLY PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS IN EVENT OF A CRASH. CONSUMER HAVE TAKEN THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALER 12 TIMES. DEALER SAYS AS LONG AS THE BELT RETRACTS THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT. *AK.ET.

FACTORY REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SEPT 1998 SAME AS BEFORE. THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM PERSISTS; SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT BUICK COULD DO NOTHING. PASSENGER CAN EXTEND SEAT BELT, BUT IT OFTEN FOLDS & JAMS, LEAVING 1-2 FT OF LOOSE BELT WHICH VOIDS THE SAFETY OF SEAT BELT. WARPED BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE DEFECTIVE POWER STEERING PROBLEM IS A KNOWN DEFECT TO BUICK WHO HAS LAST WEEK SUGGESTED A TRIAL OF CHANGING HOSES.

PE99056, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. WHEN THE SEATBELT IS ON AND THE OCCUPANT TURNS EITHER WAY, THE SEATBELT BECOMES TWISTED IN THE HOUSING AND WON'T RETRACT BACK, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS 2 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEATBELT BUCKLE FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT BELT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

SEATBELT BUCKLE FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT BELT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

SEATBELT BUCKLE FAILED CAUSING THE SEAT BELT LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED WHICH MAY NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED SEATBELTS 5 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS TWISTED & FAILS TO RETRACT PROPERLY. THE SEAT BELTIS SUPPOSE TO LOCK UP. ALSO, FRONT END HAS A SCRAPPING NOISE WHILE BEING DRIVEN. BEEN TO DEALER'S & WAS TEST DRIVEN, TWICE BY MECHANIC. NOTHING WAS FOUND. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSAGER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELTS DON'T WORK DUE TO THE SHOULDER BELTS KEEP GETTING JAMMED. *AK

SHOULDER BELTS ROLL AND JAM IN RETRACTOR OPENING IF LEAN FORWARD, OR AS RETRACTING. FUEL EXPELLED FROM FILLER WHEN FUELING - REPEATEDLY, EVEN AT SLOW PUMP SPEEDS IF USE AUTO SHUTOFF - SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATIONS/PUMPS. MUST SLOWLY NURSE FUEL BY HAND TO AVOID - APPROX 1 CUP FUEL SPLASHES OVER VEHICLE, ONTO GROUND OR OPERATOR.

SHOULDER BELT DOESN'T WORK ON PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND ON DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT KEEPS GEETING JAMMED. *AK

SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM JAMMING. MJS

THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER CANNOT PULL IT DOWN,OUT OF CASING TO STRAP IT ACROSS AND LOCK IT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS CONTINUOUSLY FAIL TO RETRACT AND TWIST. UNITS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES.

PASSENGER'S SEATBELT HOUSING SPRING GETS STUCK, CAUSING THE SEATBELT NOT TO RETRACT UNLESS THE OCCUPANT KEEPS PULLING THE SEATBELT. BUT, IT WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED THE HOUSING 3 TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

SEAT BELTS JAMMED. NLM

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. *YC

SEAT BELT RETRACTORS LOCKS UP.

WHEN TRYING TO UNLATCH THE SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES, THE BELTS GETS JAMMED AND WILL NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. THE BELTS ARE ALSO LOOSE ON THE BODY, AND ARE NOT TIGHT ENOUGH. *AK

THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. THE BELTS ARE EXTENDED TO THE UTMOST POSITION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

SEAT BELTS ROLL IN THE OVER THE SHOULDER BRACKET.

FRONT SEAT BELT TWISTS AND BECOMES JAMMED IN THE GUIDE RENDERING IT USELESS. VERY DIFFICULT TO UN-JAM.

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR OVER A MONTH. CONSUMER IS DRIVING WITHOUT A SEATBELT DUE TO THIS SEATBELT DEFECT. THIS CAN RESULT IN INJURIES IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. DOUGLASS MOTORS 908 277 3300. *AK

WHEN LEANNING OVER THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS, SEAT BELT EXTENDS AND THEN WILL NOT RETRACT BACK AFTER SITTING UP. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PARTS ORDERED FROM BUICK ARE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL AND ARE DEFECTIVE. *SLC

WHEN LEANNING OVER THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS, SEAT BELT EXTENDS AND THEN WILL NOT RETRACT BACK AFTER SITTING UP. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PARTS ORDERED FROM BUICK ARE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL AND ARE DEFECTIVE. *SLC

BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NON OPERATIVE, BELT TENSIONING DEVICE COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ANYONE RIDING IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE.